Title: Descriptive catalogue of trees, shrubs, vines and evergreens
Identifier: descriptivecatal1892thom (find matches)
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Thomas Meehan and Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Germantown, P. A. : Thomas Meehan & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Spring from bran- ches many years old, as well as from new wood. The foliage is of a lustrous green all Summer. Price, 75 cents each. See illustration. Cornus florida flore rubro. Red-flower i ng Dog wood. We have described this beautiful tree in its place at page 7 in the body of the catalogue, but cannot refrain from praising it again, for it is one of the choicest in- troductions of late yeais. Its large red flowers are con- spicuously beau- tiful. Price, I1.50 each. See colored plate.
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CERCIS JAPONICA. Cornus florida pendula. Weeping Dogwood. This fine weeping tree has now been before the public for some years, and as the specimens set out have now attained some size aud show their great beauty, the demand for it increases every year. Whether it be in Summer, when in full flower and foliage, or in Winter, when but its bare branches are to be seen, it is always a pleasing object. Price, each. See illustration, page 23. Glyptostrobus pendula.—Chinese Weeping Cypress.—This weeping tree is a much- admired one wherever seen. In general growth it is much like the Deciduous Cypress. That is, it grows tall, while spreading hardly at all. The small leaves are closely pressed to the stems, and the slender limbs have a drooping character, which is con- sidered to be the chief charm of the tree. Price, $1 each. Ligustrum Japonicum tricolor. Tricolor-leaved Privet. Among the many new privets which have appeared within the past few years, this is the only good tri-colored one we have seen. It is a variety of the well-known Japan, or California one, as it is called, and, like it, is almost evergreen. The foliage is a mixture of yellow, white and green, the yellow predominating, giving it a golden hue. It mak^?

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